What are the most common English mistakes that Khmers make?
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Answering negative questions incorrectly.
SreyLeak, are you Cambodian? YES
But if you ask the woman:
"Sreyleak, aren't you Cambodian?", she is likely to say NO.
SreyLeak, are you Cambodian? YES
But if you ask the woman:
"Sreyleak, aren't you Cambodian?", she is likely to say NO.
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Why can't they understand the difference between bored and boring?
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Because they're not interesting in learning the rules of English grammar.gavinmac wrote:Why can't they understand the difference between bored and boring?
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Mispronounce letter V. I usually make mistakes when I speak by pronouncing letter W instead of V, because of the influence of French that I learned 5 years before I started to learn English.
So Video becomes Wideo
So Video becomes Wideo
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Nothing but an opinionated tourist. The Pope spends more time in countries than I do ! It is also not my place to comment on a gentleman's dress. A real 23 minute wonder, that obviously knows little about ovens and cooking in Cambodia.
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That's a result of them formulating the sentence in Khmer, then keeping everything in the same order and just swapping out the Khmer words for English words.vladimir wrote:Yesterday I go market buy eye.
As a programmer, that's why I like Khmer, it's so much less verbose than English.
Yesterday I went to the market to buy ice.
That's correct English and uses nine words. The Khmenglish one above although "incorrect" conveys exactly the same information in only six words. If the speaker was a programmer rather than a language learner, they would be commended.
Sounds more like a lazy ass shortcut than a programming language, though.
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one thing i noticed when texting was the misuse of the question mark. The girl was not asking me a question but still added the question mark.
Obviously I only figured this out because it was a text.....Einstein... lol
Obviously I only figured this out because it was a text.....Einstein... lol
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A girl who texts me often will add "ing" to the end of a verb whenever it is not needed. And she will omit "ing" whenever it is needed.
How is that cured?
I am go to the shop
I like to drinking Coke,
etc.
How is that cured?
I am go to the shop
I like to drinking Coke,
etc.
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gavinmac wrote:A girl who texts me often will add "ing" to the end of a verb whenever it is not needed. And she will omit "ing" whenever it is needed.
How is that cured?
I am go to the shop
I like to drinking Coke,
etc.
Is her name by any chance Rim? She probably just want to know if you like her or not, when she asks you: "Hey GM, do you like Rimming?"
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